The strategy using in communication between Japanese and Taiwanese university student MA3C0210 王明君 Chelsea

Introduction Many language teachers have increasingly indulged in developing collaborative language learning activities using computer-mediated communication. CMC modes are used as an approach to help learners to create social interaction in and outside the classroom.

Definition of communication Two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which participants not only exchange (encode-decode) information, news, ideas and feelings but also create and share meaning.

Motivation The interaction is frequent between Taiwan and Japan but not all people of two countries could speak Chinese and Japanese.

Purpose of the study This study adopted to reveal the pragmatic function of students in real communications as positive, negative, direct and communicative strategies.

Research Question What different strategies in communication between Taiwanese and Japanese students. What different attitude in communication between Taiwanese and Japanese students.

Literature Review Warschauer(1999) referred to the ability of synchronous CMC to help overcome the contradiction between focus on form and meaning. Computer-mediated communication lends itself to conversations controlled by the participants (Klem, 1996).

The study of culture became an important aspect of foreign language teaching that is oriented toward communicative proficiency(Omaggio, 1986)

Methodology The chat activities are designed in coordination with the course instructor in order to meet both the research needs of the study and the instructional needs of students. The chat activities are held in a computer classroom and all of their talking content will be recording.

Participant There are 5 Japanese students and 15 Taiwanese students. Students are divided into 5 groups and there are 1 Japanese student and 3 Taiwanese students in every group.

Time: The discussion about 40 minutes every week Class Setting: The discussion in internet chat room Topic: All students will know all topics in the beginning of semester.

Chat topics: 1. self-introduction 2. advertising 3. social media 4. country images 5. pop culture 6. Free topic

Data Analysis The talking of every group will be recording and analyzing. The reflection of students will be analyzing.